{"id":236299,"date":"2019-11-02T01:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T05:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=236299"},"modified":"2019-11-02T01:06:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T05:06:53","slug":"thai-kings-order-for-prrd-to-behave-is-fake-news-andanar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/02\/thai-kings-order-for-prrd-to-behave-is-fake-news-andanar\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai King\u2019s “order” for PRRD to \u2018behave\u2019 is \u2018fake news\u2019: Andanar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is accompanied by Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul upon his arrival at the Royal Thai Air Force Base in Bangkok, Thailand on November 1, 2019. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar slammed Friday the purveyor of \u201cfake news\u201d, who edited the front page of a Bangkok-based newspaper to make it appear that Thailand\u2019s King Maha Vajiralongkorn is ordering President Rodrigo Duterte to \u201cbehave\u201d during the 35th Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) Summit.<\/p>\n

Andanar, who is currently in Thailand, vehemently denied that the King gave such a directive to the President.<\/p>\n

He made the statement after the allegedly scanned copy of news firm Bangkok Post, with a headline \u201cKing orders PH Duterte behave during Asean summit,\u201d circulated on social media.<\/p>\n

In a video uploaded by the PCOO Global Media Affairs, Andanar showed the real copy of the Bangkok Post to prove that the photo circulating online was \u201cfake.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome malicious people are spreading fake news by claiming that the King allegedly told President Duterte to behave,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what\u2019s written here is different from the viral photo. See, the issue here is about the 5G cellphone. So it\u2019s really obvious that the claim is fake news,\u201d Andanar added.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s participation in the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Summits in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov. 2 to 4 will push through, despite the series of earthquakes that shook Mindanao.<\/p>\n

The President is expected to fly to Bangkok on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Fake news vs. Thai King may affect PH-Thailand ties<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andanar said people should stop propagating fake news, especially when it involves Thailand\u2019s king as he noted that it may affect the relations between Manila and Bangkok.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us not spread such fake news. It can affect the bilateral relations between the two countries,\u201d the PCOO chief said.<\/p>\n

Andanar also warned that anyone who attempts to taint the King\u2019s reputation can land in jail for 15 years, citing Thailand\u2019s L\u00e8se-majest\u00e9 law.<\/p>\n

Article 112 of Thailand\u2019s L\u00e8se-majest\u00e9 law or criminal code states that a person who \u201cdefames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir-apparent or the regent\u201d will be punished with a jail term up to 15 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you spread fake news like that, using the name of the King in Bangkok, Thailand, you will be sent to jail for 15 years because of their L\u00e8se-majest\u00e9 law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you defame the revered King, you will land straight to jail,\u201d Andanar added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar slammed Friday the purveyor of \u201cfake news\u201d, who edited the front …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":236300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236301,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236299\/revisions\/236301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}